Pega Architect (Closed)

SkillStorm is seeking a Pega Architect for our client in Charlotte, NC OR New Jersey OR Georgia OR Texas. Candidates must be able to work on SkillStorm's W2; not a C2C position. EOE, including disability/vets.

Job Description:

• Pega Lead System Architect, responsible for hands-on overall end to end design and implementation of enterprise class, high performing and highly integrated Pega based solutions that is scalable, built for rapid change and meets functional and non-functional requirements.
• Department function – Pega Application Development.
• Day to day responsibilities of the role – Pega Application Development on PRPC 8.4, BIX, unit testing, troubleshooting, defect fixes etc. This is not a lead role but part of a Pega app dev team.
• Required skills/experience/education – Bachelor’s degree preferred. Deep knowledge of Pega 8.x and PRPC. BIX
• Desired skills/experience/education – Java, Oracle development, Agile / SDLC methodology

Position Summary:

• Provide solution technology guidance for areas of concentration in the portfolio
• Provide end-to-end design guidance, oversight and problem management
• Provide oversight of requirements gathering and interpretation for all infrastructure impacts across the portfolio pipeline
• Provide oversight of the requirements process on key projects by clarifying requirements where and when necessary, ensure all teams understand the business reasons for the requirements
• Provide end-to-end design process guidance and oversight/provide guidance throughout the design process
• Guide teams through design challenges where and when necessary
• Provide oversight of design and implementation reviews, participate in, and lead as appropriate, design and implementation reviews during the lifecycle of a project for key business initiatives and core engineering projects before they go into production to ensure Operational Readiness
• Review final target architecture and design
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies
• Partner with architecture/development teams on business planning sessions
• Provide reviews of existing solutions including tracking/remediating issues and gaps for resiliency, risk and performance
• Provide technology guidance into strategic plans and business strategies
• Ensure technology roadmaps align appropriately to business strategies and plans
• Guide technology decisions to ensure that strategic plans converge across technology areas

Required Skills:

• Have 10 years of Pega hand on experience in delivery of large enterprise complex solutions.
• Must have strong communication skills to discuss and understand various business processes.
• Pega 8.x, Pega PRPC guardrails and Sound understanding of all Pega PRPC features.
• Deep understanding of Enterprise class structure, complex workflows and design patterns.
• Strong experience in Case management, data modeling, Integrations, Agents and performance fine tuning.
• Strong in UX/UI design expertise and UI guardrails
• In-depth knowledge of Pega Upgrades, Server Configurations and trouble shooting
• Must have exposure Agile development and its delivery model.
• Should be able to provide estimates/sizing for high level requirements.
• Packaging and Deployment.
• Database Modeling, SQL query Optimization.Exposure to Oracle SQL queries.

Desired Skills:

• 3 to 5 years of hands on experience working as the Pega Lead System Architect
• 5 to 8 years of hands on experience as a system architect working on multi-tier web application
• Experience creating frameworks and enterprise wide applications
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work within Safe Agile (Scrum/Kanban) Concepts and ability to understand and work using CICD Technologies such as Ansible,Jenkins,Bitbucket, GitHub,XLR, SonarCube and Testing Automation Technologies such as Selenium, Tosca
• Experience with Rally and JIRA tools is a plus
• Strong communication and presentation skills

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